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Mozilla acquires Pocket. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 27, 11:49
Jay Cronley, writer of Quick Change and Funny Farm and a longtime newsman has passed -- (link) - Remlik Feb 27, 11:42 3
- Clowns welcome! - David Feb 27, 11:43 2
  - " is that our plane? No, if that was our plane, it would be crashing" -- nm - Epiphany Feb 27, 11:53
  - "the crying on the inside kind, I guess" -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 11:47
Anyone use Amazon Prime photos? I'm trying to find a rock solid way to capture all the photos from our various mobile devices - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 27, 11:35 1
- I think I manually sync mine to amazon. I just use it as another storage cache. -- nm - CQ Feb 27, 11:50
MDH MDH MDH. I am summoning you. - Andie Feb 27, 11:26 7
- my first and remaining thought is that he is Ok given the flub. - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:34 4
  - I don't think that's his line of business. -- nm - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 11:36 3
    - ok, good. I can't wait to hear the stories. We literally have someone who was in that room when one, if not the most shocking thing at the Oscars - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:39 2
      - he's probably being interogated by goons in a locked storage room as we speak -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:54
      - yeah, that's pretty amazing. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 11:43
- *draws pentagram, speaks the incantation, pets brought to the altar* -- nm - budice Feb 27, 11:32
- Did he come out from under his rock? -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:26
This has to be a record. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 27, 11:25 1
- 4300 words - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 27, 11:28
"You can't turn back the clock, kid." - Spawn Feb 27, 11:21
I'm currently doing the Valve VR test on my laptop. - David Feb 27, 11:18 2
- someone with motion sickness like you shouldnt try vr. - tRuMaN Feb 27, 11:22 1
  - Nothing will keep me out of the matrix. - David Feb 27, 11:36
The host kind of dragged last night. Melissa McCarthy could be good at it. -- nm - Loyola Feb 27, 11:15 11
- I honestly don't know what people could want more from a host. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:21 10
  - He did a good job overall. Not everything landed, but over three and a half hours, that's probably to be expected. -- nm - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 11:44 2
    - I do also like the idea of Melissa McCarthy hosting though. -- nm* - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 11:50 1
      - me too. but she'll need a good editor. sometimes her stuff goes on too long. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 11:52
  - Agreed. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:27
  - CGI Carson or Hope as the MC -- nm* - Peglegpete Feb 27, 11:26 2
    - oh god no. Carson yes, Hope no way...he was out of touch in the 1950's -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 11:30 1
      - Yeah, if you have Hope you would have to have Bing with him, at least. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:31
  - Maybe it was his voice. Everything is delivered in a drole fashion. I like Billy Crystal. He knew how to mark an occasion. -- nm - Loyola Feb 27, 11:25 2
    - Dude. For a guy that started out on Win Ben Stein's Money, he is doing rather well. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:29 1
      - The Man Show! -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 11:52
I want to know what kind of people go on a tour to the theater where presumably they said "where the Oscars are held" and not be like "isn't that - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 27, 11:10 34
- From moment one, I wondered if that was staged to some extent. -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 11:37
- I want to know what any producer was smoking -- (edited) - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 11:15 23
  - I didn't like them laughing at ordinary people's expense. The host was as much as saying "look at these pathetic starstruck people". - Loyola Feb 27, 11:19 18
    - "Ordinary people" - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 11:29
    - Yeah, but they were well "compensated". -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:25 8
      - You know Jax is hunting down the person who walked away with JANIS glasses. [nm] - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:32 7
        
        "Come on, Jen, give him some of your boob tape." -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:36 6
        
        "If you give him that maybe he'll stop rubbing up against the limo window." -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:38 5
        
        "Oh god, he's taped his nipples to the window." -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:39 4
        
        "this is creepier than the scene in 'Midnight Express'!" -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:41 3
        
        "that's not his nipple!" -- nm - budice Feb 27, 11:43 2
        
        this escalated perfectly. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 11:44 1
        
        We're the ST Boys. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:47
    - I've bristled at some of his "foreigner" skits as well. - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:22 5
      - He is a Trump secret agent!!! -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:38
      - yeah - and the way he made fun of Mahershala's name and the tourist Yuraly. - Diva Feb 27, 11:25 3
        
        Yep - the next guy had an easy name which he made sure to contrast. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:28 2
        
        "Patrick. That's a name." -- nm - Andie Feb 27, 11:29 1
        
        hmph. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 11:44
    - There's a truth to this -- nm - budice Feb 27, 11:21
    - Well, he was inspired by Letterman. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:20
  - it was hilariously fun though - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 27, 11:16 3
    - Meh. -- nm - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 11:18 2
      - you're just dead inside -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 27, 11:18 1
        
        I'll grant it was slightly amusing at first, but it got bogged down and ended up far to drawn out. -- (edited) - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 11:26
- I'd presume they said something more like "The tour will include a free trip to an exhibition of Hollywood gowns and costumes" -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 11:14 5
  - Wish they had shown more of the setup footage, wondering just how staged it was. -- nm - budice Feb 27, 11:15 4
    - You think any part of it wasn't? -- nm - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 11:16 3
      - You think they were actors, or informed a head of time? -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:18 2
        
        At least the latter, probably had to sign all sorts of releases and whatnot. -- (edited) - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 11:19 1
        
        1) There's all kinds of street closures, 2) Oscars swag is plastered everywhere. Certainly to be on a Hollywood tour during the Oscars... - budice Feb 27, 11:21
- unless they came in some back entrance. -- nm - Andie Feb 27, 11:11 2
  - Yep, I thought they were expecting to see some kind of Oscar museum - expecting to be in a different part of the building. -- nm - Meg Feb 27, 11:16 1
    - I'm a little surprised there wasn't more of a meme created over Pete, the guy with the nametag on his hat -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 27, 11:17
Money Monster - D a preachy disaster of a mess. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:08 5
- Hate that film. -- nm - Loyola Feb 27, 11:12
- Yup. It felt about 20 years out of date. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 11:12 1
  - With no real payoff. -- nm - David Feb 27, 11:16
- The girlfriend scene was brutal and kind of a highlight for that reason. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:10 1
  - I'd love to know if she had to do that scene over multiple takes as she went to 11+! (spoiler quote) - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:15
Lorde's new project preview -- (link) - budice Feb 27, 11:05
charlie is selling his house. -- (link) - university of amanda jones Feb 27, 11:02 4
- Wood Panel trim is the ewwww. -- nm - budice Feb 27, 11:11 1
  - and some of the color choices for the rooms. -- nm - budice Feb 27, 11:12
- That doesn't look like a cardboard box -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 11:04
- That grass is so green it looks like it's from the Beetlejuice set. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:04
LYC: So EVE Online has in game advertising billboards that players can submit content to. Our first ad for our corporation just showed up in game -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 27, 11:01 [youtube] 1
- ::joins:: -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:24
Trump: 'Nobody knew health care could be so complicated'. - Diva Feb 27, 10:59 2
- I thought he was the *only* one who knew how to tackle these things. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:02 1
  - I'm still waiting for his Secret ISIS Defeatin' Plan. - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:26
"He is only alienating [people with a certain degree of knowledge], and they are the people he wants to alienate anyway." -- (link*) - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 10:58
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- Taraji was my favorite. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:07
- Kirsten Dundst even looked glam - let that sink in -- nm - Epiphany Feb 27, 11:03
- I liked the approach Karlie Kloss took of putting the ACLU ribbon on her hip. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:00
- I *loved* nicole k's dress. -- nm - university of amanda jones Feb 27, 10:58 2
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  - yes -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 11:00
- I liked ScarJo. - Spawn Feb 27, 10:58
- Taraji was like *sizzle* -- nm - Andie Feb 27, 10:54
- over all, it was a great year for oscar fashion, the 'worst list' has to be really threadbare -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 10:52 1
  - I wouldn't say the pale ladies were bad, but I'm bored of the bright red lipstick dot over a wash of cream. More color from Kidman and Stone please. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 10:54
- Janelle's dress was a good example of how you can add complexity and still keep the focus on the face wearing it. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 10:52 3
  - I feel like she was ready to battle Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons -- nm - Buzz Feb 27, 10:57
  - Helps that she has the face of a Greek goddess. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:54
  - agreed -- nm - Epiphany Feb 27, 10:53
- Taraji was pure sex last night. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 10:50 1
  - gawd yes yes yes. everyone looked great. Funny to see how man many people were wearing velvet jackets -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 10:51
- I'd like to thank Viola for covering up. She looked great last night. Her bosom was distracting at the previous awards. - Max Feb 27, 10:49 5
  - Amy likes showin' them off. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:53 1
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  - but that plunging neckline seemed to be the style for the night. When they showed Gosling sister they started to show her neck up after awhile -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 10:53 2
    - plunging, also the off-the-shoulder with a band at the top. tons of that. -- nm - Andie Feb 27, 10:55 1
      - And then there was Halle. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:56
VA governor's race to pose the first test for a Democratic Party response to Trump -- (link*) - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 27, 10:32
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- the guy standing on the seat arms walking cheering waving arms over the guests in the front rows -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 10:55
- Not really going out on a limb there. -- nm - Shaun Feb 27, 10:47
- Also there was that time Frank Drebin totally ruined the show. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:43 1
  - Poor Pia Zadora. -- nm - Buzz Feb 27, 10:50
- Business Insider has a list, mostly of red carpet stuff, but "I Saw Your Boobs" I think got awkward chuckles. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 10:42
- i think I need to revisit this question after some time has passed. Last night was a cock-up of epic proportions and everything else seems pale in - Diva Feb 27, 10:41 1
  - Agreed - I think after some time the initial impression (HOLY SHIT!) will only a little fade. I think this was big. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 27, 10:42
- Hattie McDaniel's win -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 27, 10:40
- Al Pacino eventually getting his Oscar was cool. -- nm - Loyola Feb 27, 10:38
- When last night happened my first two thoughts were, "streaker" and then "gun!" - Mel Profit Feb 27, 10:34 2
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    - I thought maybe there was going to be an incident of violence. - Mel Profit Feb 27, 10:39
- Marisa Tomei's win is along the same lines, but to a much smaller degree. - Inigo Feb 27, 10:34 1
  - Heh, you just reminded me of Palance's one-armed push-ups. -- nm - mara Feb 27, 11:03
- Cuba's winner speech. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 10:34
- Wasted James Franco. -- nm - pmb Feb 27, 10:32
- Has any acceptance speech ever aimed negatively at a colleague? (rather than external political figures) -- nm - Max Feb 27, 10:32 4
  - I want to say yes with something about Vanessa Redgrave. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:43 3
    - "you've stood firm and you have refused to be intimidated by the threats of a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums whose behavior is an insult..." - Max Feb 27, 10:46
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      - The ceremonies were pretty crazy in the 70s. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 11:08
- Crash was pretty farcical. -- nm - Loyola Feb 27, 10:31 16
  - And Shakespeare v SPR. -- nm - Loyola Feb 27, 10:36 15
    - That year's award belonged to Babe: Pig In The City anyway. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 11:15
    - I still think Shakespeare in Love is an excellent film. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 10:41 12
      - It's one of the most deserving winners ever and maybe top 10 all-time out of BP winners. -- nm - David Feb 27, 10:46 2
        
        ah ha! -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 27, 10:56 1
        
        It was tied for my number one film that year with Out of Sight. - David's iPad Feb 27, 11:02
      - I don't think that's the issue. I think most would say it was a great film. I think SPR was the far superior film. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 27, 10:44 7
        
        I get frustrated with SPR after each viewing, not because of the Ryan scenes, but because of the banter between the platoon members. - Max Feb 27, 10:47 6
        
        that has to be a minor quibble though. I get that it feels "something" but that's a one scene objection. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 27, 10:56 4
        
        I honestly thought some of the entire second act dragged. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 10:57 3
        
        dragged as in (spoilers) - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:06 2
        
        it was more than one or 2 scenes. I didn't even remeber Giammatti was in it. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 11:10 1
        
        Basically everything with Jeremy Davies talking - Reagen Feb 27, 11:14
        
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      - so do I and it is. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 10:42
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- Adele Azeem (though clearly not in the same league) -- nm* - Roger More Feb 27, 10:30
- Streaker, Brando, Cameron's King of the World, -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 10:28 1
  - Streaker is the one in immediately thought of too. -- nm - Andie Feb 27, 10:35
- The Brando protest is the one I always think of. Uma/Oprah. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 10:28 2
  - People don't remember it well, but the Music by Prudence acceptance speech was bizarre. -- (link) - David Feb 27, 10:34 [youtube] 1
    - Ah right. "Who is this crazy woman on stage right now?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 11:16

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